Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-07

l beIore o1smlsslng the congregation MT. Hal
 llday said it seemed appropriate to read ar
 writings. He read this sentence: 1'Whe1
 we have passed into the twilight of life
 and our sun seems to be setting let us cal
 back I llve.'" As the people slowly left the church the organist played "I know that my
 redeemer liveth D
 Among the hundreds of MT. Beecher's per.
 sonal friends who sought admission to the
 house to-day were noted many of the leading l citizens of New York and Brooklyn. Among
 the callers was the venerable Deacon J. F. 1 Howard, one of the founders of Plymouth
 church and one of the three trustees who
 signed the call which brought MT. Beecher
 from Indianapolis. Deacon Howard was the
 only one outside the family admitted to the pastors bedside. Mrs. Beecher is utterly 1 worn out. She is 8 year older than Mir. l Beecher and is feeble at best. Dr. Edward 1 Beecher, brother of the dying man, was st 1 the house this evening. Rev. Dr. Scoville, of Stamford, sonin-law, arrived this evenin 3. 1 Telegrams have been sent to William Beech | CT, brother at Chicago, Charles Beecher, a
 brother in Pennsylvania, Thomas K. Beecher, ! a brother at Elmira, Rev. George K. Beecher, 1 a nephew at Hillsboro, and Miss Scoville, sis 1 ter of Rev. Dr. Scoville. Mr. Beecher's son Herbert is on his way from Washington I Territory.
 12:45 a. m-Dr. Hammond was seen by 8 reporter and said that MT. Beecher was be- yond human aid. His family understood l that and death might be looked for at any time. Dr. Searle at 9 o'clock said that he be- lieved MT. Beecher would die before morn ing
 Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litch- field, Conn, June 13, 1S13 He began his classical education at the Boston Latin school, continued it at Mt. Pleasant Institute and finished it at Amherst college in 1884.
 He studied theology in Lane seminary, near Cincinnati, o. His father, Lyman Beecher, at the time was the president of the semi nary. In 1887 he settled as a Presbyterian minister at Lawrenceburg, Ind. Here he married the daughter of Dr.Artemas Bullard. From 1859 to 1S47 he preached in Indianap- olis. He received call in 1S47 from Plym- outh church, which was then a newly organ ized Congregational society, and under his charge it has become one of the largest and
 best known in the land. Almost from the
 beginning of his ministry here he attained the great reputation as preacher which was attached to his name. He drew largely on his humor in the pulpit, and levied for his illustrations on every sphere of human life and thought. He regarded Christianity not as a series of dogmas, philosophical and met aphysical, but a rule of life in every phase, and this idea has won through all his teachings in the pulpit where he has been ae- eustomed to discuss the great social and political as well as the religious problems. In 1878 he announced that he did not believe in the eternity of punishment. He believes that all punishment is cautionary and remedial and that no greater cruelty could be imagined than the continuance of suffering eter- nally after all hope of reformation was gone. In 1882 he and his congregation formally lywithdrew from the association of Con- gregational churches on account of his belief. He was noted as lecturer, receiving as high as $500 night for his efforts in this line. He was an ardent Republican until two years ago when he delivered number of campaign speeches in the interest of Grover Cleveland. In 1863 he visited Great Britain where his addresses were largely influential in efecting a change of the pro-Confederate sentiment of the English people. In 1871 ,one of his parish of preaching called "The Lyman Beecher Lectureship' in Yale College Divinity school, and the first three annual courses were de ivered by MT. Beecher. In the summer of 1874 Theodore Hilton, formerly MT. Beecher's associate, afterwards his successor, in editor ship of the Independent, charged him with criminality with Mrs. Hilton. A committee of the Plymouth church congrega- tion reported ths charges to be without foundation, but meanwhile MT. Hilton in- stituted civil suit against MT. Beecher for $100 000. The trial lasted six weeks. The jury were locked up for a week. but failed to agree on verdict They stood nine for the plaintiff and three for the defendant. MT. Beecher continued in charge at Plymouth church and soon resumed his old ascendancy among preachers. Last year he made successful featuring tour through England, his first visit to that eoun- try since the war. His published volumes are more than two dozen in number, beside almost countless contributions to papers and magazines. MT. Beecher was of stout build, forid and of strong physical constitution. He was fond of domestic and rural life; ,1o,,G Nf low Of A0rrr- CTS and gems: an enthusiast in music and 8 judge and patron of art. He had charm ing residence in Peekskill on the Hudson, which he occupied during part of every summer.
 John E. LoveII's Former Pupil.
 WATERBURY, March 6.-The Republican will tomorrow print an interview with John E. Lowell who was Rev. Henry Ward Beech CTS instructor in oratory at Mount Pleasant, Amherst, Mass, nearly sixty years ago. The news of MT. Beechers illness affected him deeply. He paid high tribute to MT. Beech CTS manly and upright character as youth and spoke of many substantial remembranees he had received in his old age from his dis tinguished pupil. Mir. Lowell is now ninety one years of age.
 Profound Sorrow In Great Britain.
 LONDON, Marcn 4.-1n0 news OI tae COIL dition of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher created a profound sensation here, particularly in re- igious circles of the dissenting school, and at this evenin $ service in the City Temple, in which church MT. Beeeher several times preached during his last visit to London, the Rev. Dr. Parker, pastor of the City Temple, took occasion to eulogize the famous divine in the highest terms. Concluding his pane gyric with the expression of the most pro- found sympathy of himself and his congre- gation with the family and friends of MT. Beecher, Dr. Prayed that ''they might be comforted by the assurance that the stricken preacher was servant of the Lord fully pre- pared to enter heaven. We mourn, yet we rejoice in our sadness. Why should we morn when traveller completes his journey; why should we grieve when voyager leav- ing the sea places his feet upon the solid earth; why should we lament when a wan derer joins his kindred at home."
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